Mike Conley Sr. (father of Ohio State freshman star, Mike Conley Jr.) has officially filed paperwork to be a registered Sports Agent. Is this a controversial move? On March 22nd, contributor Matt Allinson noted that Conley Sr. had formed his own sports agency, called MAC Management Group [Top Players Will & Should Turn Pro]. Well […]
Month: March 2007
Featured On Intern-U
One of my buddies from high school debate (yes, I was one of those kids), Dan Chaparian, has launched a new site along with some friends called intern-U. It’s a nice Web 2.0 site that displays internship openings and reviews for a variety of industries. Anyway, I have somehow been labeled an expert, and have […]
Sportscenter Spoofing
I hope you all enjoyed the interview with Mark Steinberg that was featured on the blog yesterday. Here is a short clip that was sent over to me from the boys at South Paw Productions, titled SportsCenter Spoof – Danimal’s Late Nite Cartoons. It has nothing to do with being a Sports Agent, but it […]
Sports Agent Interview: with Matthew Vuckovich Mark Steinberg is a 39 year-old sports agent and is the director of Global Golf Business at one of the largest agencies in the industry, IMG (http://www.imgworld.com). Mr. Steinberg represents two of the best golfers in their respective fields, PGA golfer Tiger Woods and LPGA golfer Annika Sorenstam. He […]
NRL in trouble
One of the biggest issues facing the NRL is the defection of players to Rugby Union. The latest player to defect is Timana Tahu, who has agreed to join the NSW Waratahs from Parramatta at the end of the season. There are two mains reasons why a player would switch from League to Union. Firstly, […]
Grab your phone, open up a new e-mail message, scream at the top of your lungs, and spread the word that tomorrow, SportsAgentBlog.com – I Want to be a Sports Agent will feature an interview with Mark Steinberg. In case you did not know, he is IMG’s managing director of golf for North America. Today, […]
IMG’s IMaGe
CAA may be the new IMG as it has gained the latter’s best agents and team-players. For many years, IMG has been the staple of the Sports Agent world. It has represented some of the best football players (Peyton Manning), baseball players (Derek Jeter), etc. When Ted Forstmann bought the company for $750 million, Peter […]
Hoops Are Not Always Earrings
This is a piece for a Pro Dunk Hoops Contest: As I was growing up, a large part of my after-school recreation consisted of shooting hoops into my water-stabilized miniature basketball stand, which forever stood in my driveway. My mother would often watch, feigning interest in the sport, because she usually thought I was a […]
Bears linebacker Lance Briggs may soon be a Washington Redskin. Remember when everyone was going nuts about the Lance Briggs situation? Briggs was mad that the Bears Franchise Tagged him, he loathed the Bears organization, and wanted out of the city [The End Of The Franchise?]. But the major thing that I pointed out here […]
Making Par With Endorsements
With no true contract negotiation in golf, agents look to endorsement deals to make a living. If you want to be a golf agent, you will not be banking on the success of your clients. Well at least that is the case on the greens. As one of my hometown papers (the Sun-Sentinel) reports, golf […]